Replacing outgoing Boynton Woman's Club president Kay Baker, who will continue on the board as immediate past president, is new incoming president Michele Walter, a club member since 2007. She will serve a two-year term, through 2016. "Kay will be a tough act to follow," said Walter, who already has a full agenda for the coming year. "We are the only Mizner-era public building open to the public, and we have plans to restore and renovate the doors and windows this coming year.

Replacing outgoing Boynton Woman's Club president Kay Baker, who will continue on the board as immediate past president, is new incoming president Michele Walter, a club member since 2007. She will serve a two-year term, through 2016. "Kay will be a tough act to follow," said Walter, who already has a full agenda for the coming year. "We are the only Mizner-era public building open to the public, and we have plans to restore and renovate the doors and windows this coming year.

The "new woman" of the 1980s, the one who has a small family or perhaps no children at all, the one who has the same education as her male counterparts, is not so "new" after all: She is, in fact, very like her grandmother. Although her path into family life and the work world may seem to be blazing new trails, she is not a pioneer, but is returning to old ground for new reasons. That is one of many conclusions of a study in progress called "The Cosmopolitan Report on the Changing Life Course of American Women."

There's a fascinating, new one-woman show coming to town that is bound to get you and your friends talking. Aizahh Fatima takes her culture to controversial new limits in Dirty Paki Lingerie as she discusses sex, religion and politics from the perspective of six Pakistani-American Muslim women. The show is 8 p.m. March 17 at Performing Cultural Arts Theatre Broward College South Campus, 7200 Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines. ...

Mommies throughout South Florida are awakening to all sorts of delights today. Smell the freshly burned toast and too-weak coffee the kids are making. Don't forget to flash your smilingest smile when the grade-schooler presents her family portrait for the refrigerator. All over the country, mothers are modeling robes, diamonds and house slippers, and sniffing bath salts, fresh-ground coffee and toilette water all in the name of the tradition that is Mother's Day. My mommy loved bath products, and when I was a little girl I loved buying scents with names like jasmine and lavender.

On the covers of women's magazines, lined up in glossy profusion at newsstands and supermarket checkouts, the pretty faces beam, the pretty dresses gleam, the headlines promise improvements in everything that matters: love life, wardrobe, abs. Nothing betrays the fact that behind the scenes, the dominoes have been falling. The first to topple was Ruth Whitney, whose retirement after 31 years at the helm of Glamour was announced last summer. Her replacement was Bonnie Fuller, lured away from Cosmopolitan after a year and a half of renovating the House That Helen Gurley Brown Built.

NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch, the Australian publisher whose wide holdings in the United States include New York magazine, 20th Century Fox and several television stations, agreed on Thursday to sell most of his magazines in this country for more than $600 million, people involved in the talks said. The buyer is a partnership controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the New York buyout firm that was also involved in the recent purchase of the Bank of New England. As head of the News Corp.

Cei Jay Connolly couldn't stand to see her ex-boyfriend with a new woman — so, with her 1-year-old child in the car, police say, Connolly tried to run the woman down. Now, the Pompano Beach woman stands charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon On Aug. 4, police rolled up to a home in the 300 block of Washington Avenue in Delray Beach , where they found a hysterical woman. When the crying woman gained her composure, she told police the following: She was with her boyfriend at his house, waiting for his ex-girlfriend — Connolly — to show up. Connolly was to pick up her child.

Why do teenage girls and younger women believe it's mandatory to be naked for the world (either for a national publication or a private Webcam)? So Miley Cyrus is the latest volunteer to step forward and be exposed. Is there a difference between acceptable and unacceptable? This society has come a long way from "I am woman, hear me roar." The trend for many women and girls in this era is not to be seen as a human being with a mind but as a naked body without a soul. If they only knew how their "liberty" is being viewed through men's eyes.

The trapped housewife was replaced by superwoman, who somehow managed to rear her children while catapulting ahead in a career. Now, with legions of superwomen worn out and discontented, a new model has been suggested for married professional women: "the sequencer." Some experts are already warning that the sequencer is just another doomed variation of women trying to do it all. The sequencer establishes herself in a career, leaves to bring up her children and resumes work in a way that does not conflict with her role as a mother.

Let's hope she at least enjoyed a White Christmas. Janet Dinardi, 54, of Nokomis, near Sarasota, upset because her flight from Maine to the Sunshine State had been delayed due to a snowstorm, allegedly began to cuss loudly near the gate and also threw personal items around, cops said, reports The Bangor Daily News. An airline staffer reportedly told her she wouldn't be allowed to fly due to her level of intoxication. It seems Dinardi's behavior earned her a visit to a spot off the beaten path for most holiday tourists: The main jail, cops said.

Cei Jay Connolly couldn't stand to see her ex-boyfriend with a new woman — so, with her 1-year-old child in the car, police say, Connolly tried to run the woman down. Now, the Pompano Beach woman stands charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon On Aug. 4, police rolled up to a home in the 300 block of Washington Avenue in Delray Beach , where they found a hysterical woman. When the crying woman gained her composure, she told police the following: She was with her boyfriend at his house, waiting for his ex-girlfriend — Connolly — to show up. Connolly was to pick up her child.

The female half of a couple accused of murdering a New Jersey woman in a Fort Lauderdale home was held without bond after appearing in court Friday. Nicole Okrzesik, 23, of Florida and Wheaton, Ill,. is charged with the premeditated murder of Juliana M. Mensch, 19, of Florida and Marlton, N.J., who police say was strangled. Okrzesik was arrested May 10 in Port St. Lucie, where she had been staying at a substance abuse treatment center. While in court, she was described as indigent.

A 32-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested on Thursday for the murder of a 19-year-old New Jersey woman, according to Fort Lauderdale Police. Broward Sheriff's Office detectives learned that James Anthony Ayers had told a friend on Wednesday that he had killed a woman named "Julie" on March 23. Ayers was picked up in Plantation on Wednesday for questioning. Sheriff's detectives went to Ayers' residence on the 1100 block of Northwest 7th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale and found what appeared to be a decomposing body.

Why do teenage girls and younger women believe it's mandatory to be naked for the world (either for a national publication or a private Webcam)? So Miley Cyrus is the latest volunteer to step forward and be exposed. Is there a difference between acceptable and unacceptable? This society has come a long way from "I am woman, hear me roar." The trend for many women and girls in this era is not to be seen as a human being with a mind but as a naked body without a soul. If they only knew how their "liberty" is being viewed through men's eyes.

PepsiCo Inc. said Monday that Chief Financial Officer Indra K. Nooyi will replace Steven Reinemund as chief executive officer of the soft-drink and snacks company, making her the No. 2 female CEO in the Fortune 500. With her Oct. 1 appointment, PepsiCo will become the biggest U.S. company to be run by a woman. Nooyi, 50, takes over a company whose stock market value climbed 65 percent under her predecessor, Reinemund, surpassing Coca-Cola Co., the world's biggest soft-drink maker by sales.

HOLLYWOOD -- A New Jersey woman who was pulled from the bottom of a hotel swimming pool died on Wednesday, five days after entering a hospital critical care unit, authorities said. Christina Mo, 26, died at 2 p.m. at Doctors Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Mo, who did not know how to swim, had been at the bottom of the pool at the Hollywood Beach Tower, 301 Harrison St., three to four minutes before she was seen by other hotel guests and pulled out. Mo was a nanny for a New Jersey family that was vacationing in Florida.

A 32-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested on Thursday for the murder of a 19-year-old New Jersey woman, according to Fort Lauderdale Police. Broward Sheriff's Office detectives learned that James Anthony Ayers had told a friend on Wednesday that he had killed a woman named "Julie" on March 23. Ayers was picked up in Plantation on Wednesday for questioning. Sheriff's detectives went to Ayers' residence on the 1100 block of Northwest 7th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale and found what appeared to be a decomposing body.

It's been months since the White House told executive chef Walter Scheib to pack his whisk and go, and still no replacement has been appointed. So what's taking so long? Despite some wishful thinking among Texans that first lady Laura Bush might be ready to choose a Dallas chef, that doesn't appear to be the case yet. The first lady's press secretary, Susan Whitson, says they're still "in search mode." Chris Ward, of the Mercury Grill in suburban north Dallas, has been to the White House for an interview and cooked a four-course dinner for the Bushes on April 13. His menu included pan-seared shrimp with clam and corn succotash, "Beef Three Ways" including braised short ribs and pepper-crusted sirloin, and heirloom tomatoes, fresh ricotta and garlic bruschetta.

Imagine Vince McMahon, impresario of the World Wrestling Federation, being named head of Lifetime, "Television for Women." It's almost too ridiculous to contemplate. Yet practically the same thing has happened in reverse. Former South Floridian Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff, who has been programming Lifetime for the past 2 1/2 years, is the new president of UPN, the network built around WWF Smackdown. Tarnofsky-Ostroff's career has been built on improbabilities. A graduate of Florida International University who interned at WTVJ (then Channel 4)